UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28690
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Summary:
Details: x86: TSX Async Abort protections not restored after S3 This issue relates to the TSX Async Abort speculative security vulnerability. Please see https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-305.html for details. Mitigating TAA by disabling TSX (the default and preferred option) requires selecting a non-default setting in MSR_TSX_CTRL. This setting isn't restored after S3 suspend.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28690, https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-377.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28690
Affected packages
Package
Name: xen
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/xen?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
4.5.1-0ubuntu1
4.5.1-0ubuntu2
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
None
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Availability
None
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